CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards92,084
Recorded as died1,167
With a place recorded100%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 74,264 cards (80.6%) Non-battle injury: 9,757 cards (10.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 7,501 cards (8.1%) Not recorded: 562 cards (0.6%) 92,084 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

8,998 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 6 cards September 1942: 8 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 25 cards December 1942: 24 cards January 1943: 26 cards 1943 February 1943: 17 cards March 1943: 36 cards April 1943: 37 cards May 1943: 67 cards June 1943: 142 cards July 1943: 247 cards August 1943: 529 cards September 1943: 1,013 cards October 1943: 1,484 cards November 1943: 2,236 cards December 1943: 2,935 cards January 1944: 2,695 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,471 cards March 1944: 2,873 cards April 1944: 3,117 cards May 1944: 3,714 cards June 1944: 3,057 cards July 1944: 2,876 cards August 1944: 2,979 cards September 1944: 2,985 cards October 1944: 4,205 cards November 1944: 7,140 cards December 1944: 8,998 cards January 1945: 7,542 cards 1945 February 1945: 5,325 cards March 1945: 5,653 cards April 1945: 5,282 cards May 1945: 4,869 cards June 1945: 2,637 cards July 1945: 1,118 cards August 1945: 471 cards September 1945: 695 cards October 1945: 912 cards November 1945: 630 cards December 1945: 423 cards

576 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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MonthCards
August 19426
September 19428
October 19428
November 194225
December 194224
January 194326
February 194317
March 194336
April 194337
May 194367
June 1943142
July 1943247
August 1943529
September 19431,013
October 19431,484
November 19432,236
December 19432,935
January 19442,695
February 19442,471
March 19442,873
April 19443,117
May 19443,714
June 19443,057
July 19442,876
August 19442,979
September 19442,985
October 19444,205
November 19447,140
December 19448,998
January 19457,542
February 19455,325
March 19455,653
April 19455,282
May 19454,869
June 19452,637
July 19451,118
August 1945471
September 1945695
October 1945912
November 1945630
December 1945423

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 1,030 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 19% of these cards · 181 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 114 distinct values